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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2012, 7:43 PM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2012, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:52 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Peoria International Ai, IL | DIME SIZE |
| Jun 16, 8:02 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Nw Peoria, IL | PEA TO DIME SIZED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 113 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
413
WUUS53 KILX 170043
SVRILX
ILC143-179-203-170130-
/O.NEW.KILX.SV.W.0075.120617T0043Z-120617T0130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
743 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHWESTERN WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.
* AT 739 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MAQUON TO LEWISTOWN...AND
MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PEORIA...PEKIN...ELMWOOD...BRIMFIELD...TRIVOLI...HANNA CITY...
PRINCEVILLE...GLASFORD...DUNLAP...BELLEVUE...BARTONVILLE...WEST
PEORIA...CREVE COEUR...MARQUETTE HEIGHTS...ROME...SPRING BAY...
CHILLICOTHE...EAST PEORIA...GERMANTOWN HILLS AND MORTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
&&
LAT...LON 4097 8945 4092 8947 4093 8929 4060 8938
4044 8991 4051 8987 4062 8987 4063 8999
4087 8998 4097 8964
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 248DEG 41KT 4077 9004 4045 9013
WIND...HAIL 60MPH 1.00IN
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 66 min |
| Jun 16, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Knox, Peoria, Stark | 18 min |
| Jun 16, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Tazewell | 53 min |
| Jun 16, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 40 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.